Learning Outcomes

• Understand the different stages that wound infection develops through
• Understand the need for silver dressings with a continuous cleaning and killing action for treating infection
• Be able to apply this knowledge and select appropriate treatment plans for wounds at various stages along the wound infection continuum

Wound assessment 

• Understand the importance of completing a full holistic assessment
• Understand what a holistic assessment involves
• Understand the principles of the TIMERS wound assessment tool
• Use the TIMERS framework to follow a patient journey to perform an appropriate wound assessment and identify a treatment plan
  
  

• Establish the importance of wound bed preparation
• Identify its key components
• Understand the role of debridement and its different methods
• Distinguish between the benefits of surfactants versus saline or tap water
• Implement exudate management

• Develop skills to undertake risk assessments
• Gain an understanding of how and where pressure ulcers develop
• Understand and practice strategies for preventing pressure ulcers in practice using the aSSKINg model
• Be able to recognise the difference between moisture associated skin damage and pressure ulcers
  
  

Healing chronic wounds 

• Understand the factors that can delay healing
• Consider how medication can lead to non-healing wounds
• Understand the importance of full assessment
• Understand the importance of accurate diagnosis
  
  

• To gain an understanding of Biofilm
• To understand how Slough encourages Biofilm formation and delays wound healing
• To gain an understanding of wound bed preparation and how Biofilm disruption aids wound healing
• To gain an understanding of Debridement

• Understand the importance of effective interactions to improve adherence to treatment regimens.
• Use the sales process to guide collaborative discussion and shared decision-making.
• Appreciate the barriers to an effective exchange of information
• Utilise techniques and strategies to encourage patients to play a more active role in managing their own health

• Recognise the types of oedema observed in leg ulceration
• Recognise the differences between venous and lymphovenous disease in patients with leg ulceration
• Discuss the compression treatment options for venous and lypmhovenous disease that can improve healing outcomes